There are 8 cans of soup there are 3times as many cans of vegetables how many cans of vegetables are there write an equation to find the unknown use variable for the unknown

First lets set up an equation to illustrate this situation.

Let # of cans of vegetables be v.

8 (cans of soup) x 3 (3 times more cans of vegetables) = v

v = 8x3

Solve:

v = 8x3

v=24

There are 24 cans of vegetables.

8 (number of soup) times 3 = x (number of vegetable cans)